Highlights•A critical review on food systems drivers is conducted.•The review reveals several
methodological and conceptual issues.•Twelve major global drivers are identified through …

Ensuring food security has become an issue of key importance to countries with different
degrees of economic development, while the agricultural sector plays a strategic role in …

Gödecke, Stein and Qaim (2018)(GSQ) recently analysed the 1990–2010 trend and
determinants of the global burden of chronic and hidden hunger. We reanalyse and extend …

At present, our ability to comprehend the dynamics of food systems and the consequences
of their rapid 'transformations' is limited. In this paper, we propose to address this gap by …

Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022 has caused
significant disruption to global agricultural markets. As Ukraine is the world's ninth largest …

Global climatic conditions are expected to become more variable in the future, which will
have far-reaching impacts on food production. In Asia, many of these impacts have been …

The Russian–Ukrainian conflict has led to the disruption of global supply chains, thus posing
a threat to food security. The study aimed to assess the short-term impact of the conflict on …

Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden
of diet-related chronic disease in a situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition …

This chapter provides an overview of the competitiveness of different nations in global
agriculture and food trade. The chapter starts with a presentation of empirical evidence on …

The Pacific region is experiencing a non-communicable disease epidemic largely driven by
an ongoing nutrition transition from nutrient rich whole foods to imported staples and highly …